Crazily enough, about 60% of Japanese women and 76% of Japanese men in their 20s report having no romantic partner, yet about 80% of unmarried Japanese say they’re looking towards marriage as a major life goal. I’ll just marry whoever’s convenient.” A handful of celebrity marriages have apparently helped spark the new trend of “” (roughly translated, “marrying without dating”)..

On my personal blog, I wrote capsule reviews and ratings of about 100 of those, categorized into the following 5 headings. global warming, mass extinction, the distraction crisis. MIND-BLOWING: My reaction after reading these books was “Holy cow that was amazing,” whether due to content, style or both. MORE: These are the books didn’t quite fit the categories above..